Overview

Building Bridges: A Thematic Approach to College Reading & Writing provides a complete process of research-based instruction that fully integrates reading and writing. This volume follows the prereading, during-reading, and postreading strategies that many scholars and practitioners have advocated and proven to be an effective reading/teaching tool. This book also offers comprehensive exercises for vocabulary words, which is essential for improving reading comprehension. Articles are drawn from local newspapers and magazines which build the connection from the readers' cultural experiences to texts, providing a reading/writing scaffold to stabilize the students' fundamental skills whereby they become self-supporting in college.Building Bridges features: Prereading - assists the student to interact with the reading material Vocabulary in Context -; familiarizes the student with speaking and thinking The Reading Process - outlines topics, main ideas, details of each reading, open-ended questions, etc. Postreading - addresses how the reader can make connections from reading to writing Writing a Summary - allows students to utilize their writing abilities to communicate their understanding of the text Application - journal writing helps students process information from the text to develop their awareness Building Critical Thinking - students are asked to develop an outline consisting of an introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph Grammar Practice via Internet - presents links to websites designed for students to research grammar components related to the text

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Author:   Anna Hyun-Joo Do
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN:  

9781465215390

ISBN 10:   1465215395
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   18 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Unit 1: Starting Out Chapter 1: Breaking Ground Chapter 2: Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes Unit 2: Home and Family Chapter 3: My Two Lives Chapter 4: Life's Travels for a Father and a Son Unit 3: People and Society Chapter 5: Finding a Home at last Chapter 6: Immigration Stories, from Shadows to Spotlight Unit 4: Food and Health Chapter 7: City Menu Put on Diet Chapter 8: Schools' Toughest Test: Cooking Unit 5: Language Acquisition and Classroom Interaction Chapter 9: Children Construct Grammars Chapter 10: Rapport-building Devices in a Teacher-student Interaction Unit 6: Technology Chapter 11: Tech Targets Chapter 12: You're Being Watched Unit 7: Moving Forward Chapter 13: Making Waves at the Seaport Chapter 14: After 20 Years, Is the Website about to Become Extinct?

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